History WesternAnimation / GeraldMcBoingBoing

->''"The best way to identify United Productions of America is to say "They're the people who made ''Gerald Mc Boing-Boing''." And the best way to identify the quality of their product is to say that every time you see one of their animated cartoons you are likely to recapture the sensation you had when you first saw "WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie", the early WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies, "WesternAnimation/TheBandConcert" -- the feeling that something new and wonderful has happened, something almost too good to be true."''

''Gerald [=McBoing-Boing=]'' was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1950]] seven-minute AnimatedAdaptation of a Creator/DrSeuss record of the same name (originally narrated by Harold Peary, in character as Radio/TheGreatGildersleeve). It was about a young boy named Gerald [=McCloy=] who only spoke in sound effects. Unlike other cartoons at the time, this used a more cartoonish, simplistic style and LimitedAnimation, although this was more a stylistic choice than a way to save money. It became the first successful theatrical cartoon produced by [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons UPA]]. Three more Gerald shorts would be produced over the next six years. The complete list:

* ThreeAmigos: Gerald, Jacob, and Janine.

->''The best way to identify United Productions of America is to say "They're the people who made ''Gerald Mc Boing-Boing''." And the best way to identify the quality of their product is to say that every time you see one of their animated cartoons you are likely to recapture the sensation you had when you first saw "WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie", the early WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies, "WesternAnimation/TheBandConcert" -- the feeling that something new and wonderful has happened, something almost too good to be true.''
-->--'''Gilbert Seldes'''

''Gerald [=McBoing-Boing=]'' was a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1950]] 7 minute AnimatedAdaptation of a Creator/DrSeuss record of the same name (originally narrated by Harold Peary, in character as Radio/TheGreatGildersleeve). It was about a young boy named Gerald [=McCloy=] who only spoke in sound effects. Unlike other cartoons at the time, this used a more cartoonish, simplistic style and LimitedAnimation, although this was more a stylistic choice than a way to save money. It became the first successful theatrical cartoon produced by [[Creator/ColumbiaCartoons UPA]]. Three more Gerald shorts would be produced over the next six years. The complete list:

* UglyGuyHotWife: Gerald's dad is a rather scruffy and portly man, while Gerald's mom is an elegant and beautiful woman.

-->-- '''Gilbert Seldes'''

In 2005, he returned in a new series that aired on the Canadian channel Creator/{{Teletoon}}, as well as on Creator/CartoonNetwork's short lived pre-school block, ''Tickle U''. Joined by his family, two speaking friends, Janine and Jacob, and a dog named Burp. It featured short sketches with him interacting with the world around him and his friends, sound checks (with animals and other objects switching sound effects) and fantasy tales in between featuring him, Janine, and Jacob, being told in Seussian Rhyme like the original shorts.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Janine's hair turns green in one of the fantasy tales.